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Christopher Dobson, a chemist knighted by the Queen of the UK in 2018, died last week (September 8) of pancreatic cancer. He was 69.
Dobson, a professor at the University of Cambridge, studied the structures and properties of biological molecules and was an expert on protein folding and aggregation. His “pioneering research investigating the origins of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s will undoubtedly lead to the discovery and introduction of new and effective treatments in the future that will benefit millions of people,” Frank Salmon, president of St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge, tells the Cambridge Independent. Dobson became the head of the college in 2007, which he led for 12 years. “His commitment to the college was apparent by the remarkable fact that he knew every fellow, student and member of staff by name,” Salmon says.
Dobson was born in Germany in 1949, the youngest ...
